The back of the light power move shoves the train into Eola tailing (on a separate track of course) a DPU unit for a BNSF coal train bound for Waukegan in the enormous dust storm caused by constru... (more)
4 ACe's, a 70MAC, and a GEVO slide into Eola to pick up another GEVO, then head back out west on the Mendota sub.
BRCGAL heads west towards Galesburg with an eclectic power mix, including a GP60M, two SD40-2s, and, hiding in the back, GG20B #1211.
The blue flags are up in front of dozens of train sets waiting for Monday's amazing choreography of this well oiled machined known as Metra. All the tracks funnel in at Aurora.
EJ&E 660 heads light into Eola accompanied by HLCX 6519 and EJ&E 673 into the yard to pick up a Tac train that the BNSF dropped off.
Aurora Ill.
View from the Hill yard bridge in Aurora Ill.
A Metra train on the BNSF line in Aurora Ill.
End of a long day at the Aurora Metra yard on the BNSF line
The thirsty horse gets a drink. Notice the father and son railfan team. This water spout was in many 60's shots of "Q" fan trips. It was a classic CalScale brass casting.
401 leads a train out of the coach yard back to the station.
A BNSF stack train accelerates out of Aurora with a filthy former ATSF SD40-2 leading the way into the setting sun.
